Forced to be,%c`+ome a mistress, Celine Sher$`*n flees#  to the] ;.Marqu +*is's @*(*Res-$#id,!_en,$c%e,  only to spend a ni] ght w#?ith Damian* Shaw]+]. She soon disco^)(ver[%s*/ she'@#-s pr,egn%\ant—impossible, as Dami;an's c@hill poiso,n- h-*@as left hi$% m[ :infertile@. Betrayed by her
,+ family a% nd targ*
et ed by Damian’s betro^\_thed, Cathy Swif\t, Celine learns her blood mar k
s #h.er as Me:]dicine King Val? l*,]ey's l*ost hei)%ress an?\.d-\?- Cath:y as the impost\or. Celine recl *(aim__^s her brthright, ma^\rries ()_`Dam=.!+ian, an#(d gives birth to;% triplet^=-] s, en[\%ding t?he Sh,a#w fam*:; ily's curse.